POINTS RAISED BY MEMBERS UNDER THE REVIEW PROCESS
COMPILATION
OF QUESTIONS FOR THE MEETING ON 25-26 SEPTEMBER 2025[1]
Revision[2]
The present document compiles questions
received by the Secretariat by the deadline of 8 September 2025 as
specified in _WTO/AIR/AG/86. Questions cosponsored via the AG‑IMS
as of 9:30 am on 10 September are already reflected accordingly in this
document.
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Table of contents
1 MATTERS
RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS:
ARTICLE 18.6. 8
NEW SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM). 8
1.1
Australia's initiative to improve overseas market access (SIM 1016) 8
1.1.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113058) 8
1.2
Brazil's "Eco Invest Brazil" programme (SIM 1012) 8
1.2.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113059) 8
1.3
Brazil's National Agrochemical Reduction Program (Pronara) (SIM 1013) 8
1.3.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113060) 8
1.4
Canada's On-Farm Water Management Program (SIM 1014) 9
1.4.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113061) 9
1.5
Canada's Irrigation Development Program (SIM 1005) 9
1.5.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113063) 9
1.6
Canada's Agriculture and Food Export Program (SIM 1017) 10
1.6.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113091) 10
1.7
Colombia's price support system for green paddy rice (SIM 1002) 10
1.7.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113068) 10
1.8
Colombia's minimum purchase prices policy (SIM 1019) 10
1.8.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113067) 10
1.9
EU's compensation against avian flu outbreaks (SIM 1009) 11
1.9.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113073) 11
1.10
EU's Programme of Options Specifically Relating to Remoteness and Insularity
(SIM 1010) 11
1.10.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113090) 11
1.11
EU's support for the base period (SIM 1020) 12
1.11.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113093) 12
1.12
Japan's Simultaneous Buy and Sell (SBS) system (SIM 994) 12
1.12.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113094) 12
1.13
Korea's action plan to increase domestic wheat sufficiency rate (SIM 1003) 12
1.13.1
Question by Canada, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113012) 12
1.14
Korea's soybean policies (SIM 1004) 13
1.14.1
Question by Canada, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113014) 13
1.15
Korea's discount programme (SIM 1021) 13
1.15.1
Question by Canada, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113004) 13
1.16
Malaysia's Sales and Services Tax (SST) (SIM 1000) 14
1.16.1
Question by Australia, Canada (AG-IMS ID 113049) 14
1.17
Oman's strategic stockpiles/reserves for key food items (SIM 1006) 14
1.17.1
Question by Australia, Canada(AG-IMS ID 113047) 14
1.18
Paraguay's Promotion Trust for MSMEs and Producers (SIM 1007) 14
1.18.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113097) 14
1.19
Philippines' suspension on rice imports (SIM 995) 15
1.19.1
Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 113053) 15
1.20
Switzerland's increased agricultural subsidies (SIM 1022) 15
1.20.1
Question by India, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113098) 15
1.21
Thailand's discount for fertilizers (SIM 1008) 15
1.21.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113099) 15
1.22
Türkiye's export restrictions (SIM 1018) 15
1.22.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113078) 15
1.23
Türkiye's Agricultural Production Plan (APP) (SIM 1023) 16
1.23.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113079) 16
1.24
Wales' Sustainable Farming Scheme (SFS) (SIM 1015) 16
1.24.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113081) 16
1.25
UK's Welsh farm subsidies (SIM 1024) 17
1.25.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113080) 17
1.26
U.S. and EU's Framework Agreement (SIM 996) 17
1.26.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113003) 17
1.26.2
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113001) 17
1.27
U.S. and Indonesia's Agreement on Reciprocal Trade (SIM 997) 18
1.27.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113055) 18
1.27.2
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113051) 18
1.28
US-Japan Trade Agreement (SIM 998) 19
1.28.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113056) 19
1.28.2
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113050) 19
1.29
U.S. and Viet Nam's Framework Agreement (SIM 999) 19
1.29.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113052) 19
1.29.2
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113057) 20
1.30
U.S. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) rules (SIM 1001) 20
1.30.1
Question by Australia (AG-IMS ID 113054) 20
1.31
U.S. Supplemental Disaster Relief Program (SDRP) (SIM 1011) 21
1.31.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113104) 21
1.32
U.S. "BIG and BEAUTIFUL Act" (SIM 1025) 21
1.32.1
Question by China (AG-IMS ID 113002) 21
1.33
U.S. National Farm Security Action Plan (SIM 1026) 21
1.33.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113103) 21
SPECIFIC IMPLEMENTATION MATTERS (SIM) RAISED
PREVIOUSLY. 22
1.34
Canada's tariff rate quota for cheese (SIM 345) 22
1.34.1
Question by United Kingdom (AG-IMS ID 113032) 22
1.35
Canada's dairy Innovation and Investment Fund (SIM 865) 22
1.35.1
Question by New Zealand, United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113019) 22
1.35.2
Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 113023) 23
1.36
Canada's Special Milk Class Scheme (SIM 26) 23
1.36.1
Question by New Zealand (AG-IMS ID 113016) 23
1.37
China's domestic support for cotton (SIM 883) 23
1.37.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113065) 23
1.38
China's Technical and Financial Assistance (SIM 935) 23
1.38.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113064) 23
1.39
Egypt's subsidy policies (SIM 799) 24
1.39.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113070) 24
1.40
Egypt's export restriction on rice (SIM 332) 24
1.40.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113069) 24
1.41
EU's Deforestation and Forest Degradation Strategy (SIM 558) 24
1.41.1
Question by India, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113092) 24
1.41.2
Question by Indonesia, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113107) 25
1.41.3
Question by New Zealand, Canada (AG-IMS ID 113028) 26
1.42
India's price support for rice (SIM 753) 27
1.42.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113074) 27
1.43
India's General Services expenditures in DS:1 notifications (SIM 983) 27
1.43.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113076) 27
1.44
India's public stockpiling (SIM 525) 28
1.44.1
Question by United States of America, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113075) 28
1.45
India's Transport and Marketing Assistance (TMA) (SIM 515) 28
1.45.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113071) 28
1.46
India's export duty on molasses (SIM 985) 29
1.46.1
Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 113108) 29
1.47
India's wheat and sugar export restrictions (SIM 306) 29
1.47.1
Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS
ID 113029) 29
1.48
India's export restrictions (SIM 306) 29
1.48.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113072) 29
1.49
New Zealand's Māori agribusiness funding and support (SIM 986) 29
1.49.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113096) 29
1.50
New Zealand's Ministry Primary Growth Partnership (PGP)/Sustainable Food and
Fibre Futures (SFFF) (SIM 914) 30
1.50.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113095) 30
1.51
Pakistan's regulatory duties (SIM 896) 30
1.51.1
Question by European Union (AG-IMS ID 113110) 30
1.52
Pakistan's trade restrictions on wheat and wheat flour (SIM 916) 30
1.52.1
Question by United Kingdom, United States of America, Canada (AG-IMS
ID 113031) 30
1.53
Philippines'' Minimum Access Volume (SIM 918) 30
1.53.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113077) 30
1.54
Thailand's rice support (SIM 969) 31
1.54.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113100) 31
1.55
UK's Bound Total AMS (SIM 762) 31
1.55.1
Question by India, Paraguay (AG-IMS ID 113102) 31
1.56
United Kingdom - Modification of the EU's agricultural schedule of
commitments (SIM 422) 32
1.56.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113101) 32
1.57
U.S. Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreements Programme (SIM
926) 32
1.57.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113105) 32
1.58
U.S. Young Farmer Grant Program (SIM 977) 32
1.58.1
Question by India (AG-IMS ID 113106) 32
1.59
Zambia's public stocks and exports of maize (SIM 405) 33
1.59.1
Question by United States of America (AG-IMS ID 113082) 33
2 POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH
INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 33
2.1
ADMINISTRATION OF TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:1) 33
2.1.1
Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/301) 33
2.2
IMPORTS UNDER TARIFF AND OTHER QUOTA COMMITMENTS (TABLE MA:2) 33
2.2.1
Canada (G/AG/N/CAN/176) 33
2.2.2
Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/305) 34
2.3
DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (TABLE DS:1) 34
2.3.1
Argentina (G/AG/N/ARG/57, G/AG/N/ARG/59) 34
2.3.2
Australia (G/AG/N/AUS/173, G/AG/N/AUS/178) 35
2.3.3 Brazil (G/AG/N/BRA/84) 35
2.3.4
Burkina Faso (G/AG/N/BFA/20, G/AG/N/BFA/28, G/AG/N/BFA/29) 36
2.3.5
Chile (G/AG/N/CHL/82) 37
2.3.6
China (G/AG/N/CHN/47) 37
2.3.7
China (G/AG/N/CHN/74, G/AG/N/CHN/75) 38
2.3.8 Costa Rica (G/AG/N/CRI/98) 39
2.3.9
Cuba (G/AG/N/CUB/72, G/AG/N/CUB/73) 40
2.3.10
Guatemala (G/AG/N/GTM/89, G/AG/N/GTM/89/Corr.1, G/AG/N/GTM/90,
G/AG/N/GTM/91) 40
2.3.11
Honduras (G/AG/N/HND/66, G/AG/N/HND/66/Corr.1, G/AG/N/HND/67,
G/AG/N/HND/67/Corr.1, G/AG/N/HND/68) 41
2.3.12 Honduras (G/AG/N/HND/70) 42
2.3.13 Honduras (G/AG/N/HND/71) 42
2.3.14
Japan (G/AG/N/JPN/304) 42
2.3.15
Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/107, G/AG/N/KOR/108, G/AG/N/KOR/109) 43
2.3.16 Mexico (G/AG/N/MEX/71) 46
2.3.17 Nicaragua (G/AG/N/NIC/79) 48
2.3.18
Norway (G/AG/N/NOR/135) 49
2.3.19
Thailand (G/AG/N/THA/85) 49
2.3.20
United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/36) 49
2.3.21
Uruguay (G/AG/N/URY/84) 51
2.3.22
Zambia (G/AG/N/ZMB/12, G/AG/N/ZMB/13, G/AG/N/ZMB/14, G/AG/N/ZMB/15,
G/AG/N/ZMB/16)) 51
2.4
NEW OR MODIFIED DOMESTIC SUPPORT MEASURES (TABLE DS:2) 52
2.4.1 Israel (G/AG/N/ISR/101) 52
2.4.2 Israel (G/AG/N/ISR/102) 53
2.4.3
Korea, Republic of (G/AG/N/KOR/110) 53
2.4.4
United Kingdom (G/AG/N/GBR/37) 54
2.5
EXPORT SUBSIDY NOTIFICATIONS (TABLES ES:1, ES:2 AND ES:3) 55
2.5.1
Türkiye (G/AG/N/TUR/51, G/AG/N/TUR/52, G/AG/N/TUR/53) 55
2.6
EXPORT PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS (TABLE ER:1) 55
2.6.1
India (G/AG/N/IND/34, G/AG/N/IND/35, G/AG/N/IND/36, G/AG/N/IND/37,
G/AG/N/IND/38) 55
3 OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 59
3.1 Canada. 59
3.2 Colombia. 59
3.3 Honduras. 59
3.4 India. 60
3.5 Thailand. 60
3.6 Türkiye. 60
3.7 Uruguay. 61
4 deferred replies. 61
4.1
MATTERS RELEVANT TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENTS: ARTICLE 18.6. 61
4.1.1
Australia, Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, United Kingdom,
United States – Restrictions on agricultural and agriculture-related services
(SIM 770) 61
4.1.2
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States - Import duties
in
excess of the bound rates applied on agricultural goods (SIM 771) 61
4.1.3
Bangladesh's import policies (SIM 929) 61
4.1.4
Canada, European Union, Iceland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway – Prohibitions and
restrictions on agricultural machinery supplies (SIM 772) 62
4.1.5
Egypt's export restriction on rice (SIM 332) 62
4.1.6
European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on road freight transport (SIM
778) 62
4.1.7
European Union, Iceland, Norway – Prohibitions on access to ports (SIM 782) 63
4.1.8
EU's measure on Russian agricultural exports (SIM 888) 63
4.1.9
EU's tariffs on agricultural products and fertilizers from the Russian
Federation
and Belarus (SIM 958) 63
4.1.10
Pakistan's trade restrictions on wheat and wheat flour (SIM 916) 64
4.1.11
Panama's compliance with its domestic support commitments (SIM 758) 64
4.1.12
United Kingdom's banking and financial restrictions (SIM 810) 65
4.1.13
U.S. No Russian Agriculture Act (SIM 901) 65
4.2
POINTS RAISED IN CONNECTION WITH INDIVIDUAL NOTIFICATIONS. 65
4.2.1
DOMESTIC SUPPORT COMMITMENTS (Table DS:1) 65
4.3 OVERDUE NOTIFICATIONS. 67
4.3.1
Tunisia. 67
5 EXPORT COMPETITION.. 67
5.1 China. 67
5.2 India. 68
5.3 Indonesia. 68
5.4 Kazakhstan. 68
5.5 Paraguay. 68
[1] This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own
responsibility and is without prejudice to the positions of Members or to their
rights and obligations under the WTO.
[2] The revised document reorganises the Article 18.6 matters
alphabetically by responding Members, rather than thematically as in the
original document circulated on 10 September. The content of the matters
raised, as included in G/AG/W/256
of 10 September 2025, remains unchanged.